7CTO's podcast: Build Your Network

Who are you bringing to the table when you sit at the table? Having a strong network means that you bring more than just your expertise; you’re also bringing all the people you know and have influence over.

7CTO's podcast: Build Your Network 

Featuring Erin Fusaro, Wayne Haber and Brent Thumlert 

If you spend a ton of time cultivating your network, how are you leveraging that work in your current role?” This week’s show explores multiple ways to reap the rewards of building a strong professional network, and how this week’s guests tap into that. Etienne de Bruin welcomes Erin Fusaro, Wayne Haber and Brent Thumlert to the CTO Studio Podcast.  

Some ideas you’ll hear them explore are:

Who are you bringing to the table when you sit at the table? Having a strong network means that you bring more than just your expertise; you’re also bringing all the people you know and have influence over.

You can get objective feedback on new ideas from your network and enter new places at a high level of trust.

Maintaining a network of professionals who are as invested in personal development as you are is like “crowdsourcing mentorship”.

Relationship building is everything in networking.

“My network always wins,” Erin says. “That network is such a big part of my value as a leader … my network supersedes any job I have, because it is continuous across my career whereas I may work for a company for a period of time.”

“A healthy network creates knowns and predictability or removes uncertainty.”

One way to keep relationships strong is to watch what you say publicly.

How to measure the health of your network.

The power of community and group discussion. Using a personal Slack channel to keep in touch and simultaneously help one another expand their network.